Eight baseball teams from around the country will travel to Omaha, Nebraska this week for the 2023 NCAA College World Series event. And after winning a long and delayed series in the Hattiesburg Super Regional over the weekend, the Tennessee Volunteers and head coach Tony Vitello will be one of those teams.
This will be Tennessee’s sixth trip to the College World Series and second in the past three years as the Vols look for their first CWS Championship.
Bracket 1 for the tournament will include (2) Florida, (7) Virginia, TCU, and Oral Roberts. Bracket 2, meanwhile, will include (1) Wake Forest, (5) LSU, (8) Stanford, and Tennessee.
Each bracket will be played in a format that is identical to the Regional Round, where teams would rotate playing until elimination by two losses. The winners of each bracket will meet in the CWS Championship in a best-of-three series.
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First Round Matchups
Bracket 1 – Friday, June 16
- TCU vs Oral Roberts – 2 p.m. ET (ESPN)
- Florida vs Virginia – 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)
The losers of both Bracket 1 games will square off in an elimination game on Sunday (June 18) at 2:00 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, the winners of both games will square off on Sunday (June 18) evening at 7:00 p.m. ET.
Bracket 2 – Saturday, June 17
- Wake Forest vs Stanford – 2 p.m. ET (ESPN)
- LSU vs Tennessee – 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)
The losers of both Bracket 2 games will square off in an elimination game on Monday (June 19) at 2:00 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, the winners of both games will square off on Monday (June 19) evening at 7:00 p.m. ET.
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Both halves of the College World Series bracket are set to wrap up on Wednesday, however, both sides could play a game on Thursday if it is necessary to determine a winner.
The Men’s College World Series final will then be played over the span of the weekend.
Game 1 will take place on Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. ET. Game 2 will take place on Sunday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. ET. And, lastly, Game 3 will take place on Monday night at 7:00 p.m. ET if needed.
The combined record for the four teams in Bracket 1 is 193-62. The combined record for Bracket 2, including Tennessee, is 187-63.
For a more detailed look at the 2023 College World Series bracket with game times and television broadcasts, click the link here.
